So, when I asked Benjamin Walker how his character was feeling, before I could even get the question out during our Rings of Power interviews for CinemaBlend, he told me this about Elrond and ...

I asked Benjamin Walker how Gil-galad managed to snatch hope from the jaws of defeat. "Well, in spite of the circumstances at large, we are in a better position," he said.

Benjamin Walker: There’s an element to every actor’s career that’s just dumb luck. But I am pretty picky. I kind of live by…I like to collect directors, just in my mind.

Below, Walker breaks down the darker Season 2, Gil-Galad’s wavering trust of both Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Elrond (Robert Aramayo), and pulling double duty by also voicing the hill troll ...

While “grach” has a negative connotation, and it describes Gil-galad’s over-it-attitude very well, it seems like Walker himself loved working on that scene with his fellow Rings of Power ...